The Department of Health is offering a grant to enhance laboratory capacity in Tanzania to combat HIV/AIDS under PEPFAR. The program aims to build a sustainable response to the national HIV epidemic by providing technical assistance to MOHSW, district CHMTs, and RHMTs. This includes training local laboratory staff and health care workers in essential HIV screening, CD4 tests, and other relevant tests for therapy monitoring. The grant also covers training non-laboratory staff in HIV Counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, TB/HIV co-infection treatment, and blood safety screening. Closing date for applications: Mar 26, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 140113
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | CDC-RFA-GH12-1237 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Enhancement of Public, Private and Faith-Based Health Laboratory Capacity to Support HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment in the United Republic of Tanzania under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Health |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 2 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 93.067 — Global AIDS |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 26, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 26, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Apr 25, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 2,300,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $300,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education), • Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education), • For-profit organizations (other than small business), • Small, minority, and women-owned businesses, • Universities, • Colleges, • Research institutions, • Hospitals, • Community-based organizations, • Faith-based organizations, • Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments, • American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations, • Alaska Native health corporations, • Urban Indian health organizations, • Tribal epidemiology centers, • State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau), • Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States), • Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entity. A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with “Other Attachment Forms” when submitting via www.grants.gov. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Description:: | The purpose of this program is to progressively build an indigenous, sustainable response to the national HIV epidemic in Tanzania by supplementing laboratory capacity. The successful applicant will provide technical assistance to the MOHSW, district CHMTs and RHMTs in both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, in the following areas: Training local laboratory directors and managers to provide leadership and guidance on HIV/AIDS laboratory services; Train local laboratory specialists, scientists, technologists, and technicians to perform essential HIV-screening and confirmatory tests; Train Health Care Workers (HCWs) in CD4 tests for disease staging, and basic chemistry and hematology tests to monitor therapy; and Train non-laboratory staff involved in confidential HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT), the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), the treatment of Tuberculosis and HIV (TB/HIV) co-infection and, rapid HIV testing and screening for blood safety programs. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 93.067 |
| Competition ID: | CGH-GAP-NR |
| Competition Title: | CGH-GAP-NR |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00093850 |
| Opening Date: | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Mar 26, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | CDC |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.0] Project Abstract Summary [V1.1] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] HHS CheckList Form PHS-5161 [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] |
| optional_forms | Other Attachments Form [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.067 | CGH-GAP-NR | CGH-GAP-NR | PKG00093850 | Jan 24, 2012 | Mar 26, 2012 | View | CDC | Organization Applicants |